Even a paranoid has some real enemies.
¶ (Attributed)
In Newsweek (13 Jun 83)
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Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) German-American diplomat
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
¶ (Attributed)
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
¶ (Attributed)
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
¶ (Attributed)
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
¶ (Attributed)
We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.
¶ (Attributed)
A stateman's final test … is whether he has made a contribution to the well-being of mankind.
¶ Years of Upheaval, ch. 8 (1982)
As a professor, I tended to think of history as run by impersonal forces. But when you see it in practice, you see the difference personalities make.
¶ Remark to reporters after first Middle East shuttle visit (Jan. 1974)
Walter Isaacson, Kissinger: A Biography, introduction, 1992
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